Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 47, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.12/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$138.12

101 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$10.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	577	146.64	846	16thin
Medium and Large 1	684	136.52	934	85

One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about −$88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale101 hd

138.12

—

VA average7 barns · 641 hd

138.48

−0.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	124.59/cwt	118.00–126.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	139.40/cwt	131.00–140.50	928	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	152.11/cwt	148.00–155.50	862	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	147.88/cwt	140.00–149.00	674	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	126.14/cwt	126.00–127.00	976	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	116.64/cwt	108.00–125.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	154.93/cwt	154.00–160.00	747	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	153.33/cwt	150.00–155.00	854	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	539	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	119.39/cwt	118.00–119.50	665	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	150.61/cwt	148.00–152.00	693	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Feb 8, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 168Last week 51Year ago 80

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 47, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	456	140.00–149.00	147.88
2	—	655	125.00	125.00
4	—	539	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
1	—	600	103.50	103.50
6	—	463	118.00–126.00	124.59
6	—	553	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	108.00–125.00	116.64
6	—	442	128.00	128.00
3	—	382	132.00	132.00
7	—	644	103.50	103.50
14	—	557	118.00–119.50	119.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	119.00	119.00
27	—	666	131.00–140.50	139.40
13	—	567	148.00–155.50	152.11
36	—	774	126.00–127.00	126.14
1	—	445	154.00	154.00
6	—	482	154.00–160.00	154.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	146.00	146.00
6	—	557	150.00–155.00	153.33
4	—	658	140.50	140.50
1	—	720	126.00	126.00
1	—	640	140.50	140.50
3	—	460	148.00–152.00	150.61

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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